Revell-Germany 1/32 McDonnell-Douglas F-4F Phantom II ICE (“KWS”) & RF-4F

By Ben Brown & Thierry Laurent

KIT DATABASE ENTRY:

http://www.largescaleplanes.com/kitdb/details.php?kit=915

TWEAK LIST VERSION 1.1 (publication date: May 2005)

The following list is intended to help modelers in improving scale accuracy of an airplane model replica. In no way is it intended to support or be offensive towards a scale model company.

As such, it is only the result of a progressive process and is in no way intended to be absolute or even comprehensive. Hence, it is intended to focus on commonly admitted discrepancies and will probably not cover some errors. It is up to the modeler to decide whether correcting the listed issues is worth the time and money he will have to invest in the quest for accuracy process.

No aftermarket correction or detail set is mentioned in this document as the availability of such items may be very variable. Hence, refer to other LSP sections to find relevant information. Moreover, aftermarket sets do not necessarily correct all listed issues. Please refer accordingly to relevant documentation.

NOTICEABLE FUSELAGE ISSUES (from front to rear)

NOTICEABLE WING/WEAPONS ISSUES

NOTICEABLE COCKPIT ISSUES

NOTICEABLE CANOPY ISSUES

NOTICEABLE LANDING GEAR ISSUES

OTHER NOTICEABLE ISSUES & MISCELLANEOUS REMARKS

KIT MARKINGS

Revell Germany decals (F-4F) are good but color stability control is a regular issue (you find different colors according to the kit production batch). Luftwaffe versions have very comprehensive decals that even include panel numbers. There are some errors on the decal sheets. For instance JG35 scheme of first release is not totally correct. Later release (2002) with the JG72 anniversary scheme also has some errors (e.g. horse details are not correct). Formation light strips have a too yellow color and all are the same length. In some cases (such as the real JG35 anniversary scheme) they were painted out. It is recommended to paint them or replace them with aftermarket decals.

REFERENCES:

The following specific F-4F sources were used to build this list: (Please also refer to Revell F-4E Tweak List for additional references.)

Modelling essentials:

Scale plans and TM extracts:

Colour pictures, photo-files:

Other references:

© Ben Brown & Thierry Laurent 2005

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